A Game 20+ Years In the Making - Riven Remake Review

Today we are taking a look at the Riven Remake, many thanks to Cyan for the key so I could play and review the game. We have had many revisions of Myst over the years and finally we now have Riven! Can Cyan improve on a masterpiece? Lets find out!
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00:00 Intro
01:23 Story
01:57 Gameplay
04:20 Possible spoiler section
07:00 Graphics & Sound
07:44 Summary

[@pilotdawn1661]

Good overview!

[@Bandanner]

Thanks :)

[@NathanielNelson2000]

Agreed, the original Riven is one of my all-time favorites. The remake is beautifully done and brought me back immediately to my 9 year old self playing it for the first time. 10/10

[@Bandanner]

Hopefully the positive response to this one means we might see further remakes now. Between new titles?

[@pedazodeboludo]

@@Bandanner Would kill for an Exile remake (imagine the marble roller coaster in VR!) but that was done under Ubisoft management, not sure if they reacquired the rights? People will complain to no end about replacing Brad Dourif with a 3D model though! Haha

[@thenonexistinghero]

Haven't bought the game yet, am waiting for a nice price drop. But yeah, seems like a solid puzzling game. I think I would've jumped in at full price if the character models didn't look so bad. Huge step back compared to the original and they look like they belong in a PS3/Xbox 360 game (while the rest of the game looks like a good looking modern game). I'll be playing this game in VR when I do and one of the things that's very much missing from VR games is... good looking character models.

[@Bandanner]

Interestingly I am told the reason they made them 3D models rather than videos like the original was because of VR so it was more interactable. Though not specifically seen that from the devs myself.

[@philipstephens5960]

Given that there are so few encounters with characters in Riven, I wouldn’t make the character models a reason not to play the game now. It’s not as if they are charging $60+ for it.